EdChoice

When Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine approved the state’s budget earlier this summer, the state boosted the state’s private-school scholarships to $8,407 for high school students. That’s now more than what most public school districts are receiving, on average, in funding from the state.

Students who use private school vouchers in Ohio are coming from wealthier families than previous voucher recipients, and are more likely to have attended a private school before getting a voucher, a new study from the Ohio Education Policy Institute suggests.

Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that 72 of the state’s 88 counties are now on red alert for coronavirus spread, and Franklin County has become first to be placed on the highest level of purple; Ohio reported nearly 7,800 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, but Gov. Mike DeWine said there is still a backlog of 12,000 antigen tests; COVID-19 cases are rising in Ohio’s K-12 schools; and more stories.

Ohio's Gov. Mike DeWine is calling for a meeting with the state's top leaders in the Senate and House to come up with a resolution on school vouchers. For…

A rare President's Day committee hearing went on for hours at the Ohio Statehouse as lawmakers heard testimony on proposed changes to the EdChoice private…

As conference committee hearings on a bill to change the state’s EdChoice private school voucher program go on, parents and students in that program came…

Democratic lawmakers are pushing for legislation that phases out EdChoice private school vouchers, which are based on public school performance.…

With just hours to go before families could submit applications for the state’s EdChoice private school voucher program on February 1, lawmakers approved…

As the clock ticked down to a midnight deadline for lawmakers to make a change to a school voucher program, the Ohio Senate approved a House measure to…

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